Mythbuster

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  Thought Control (A simple test for JW's)

  by TD in

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  in george orwell's novel 'nineteen eighty-four' the capitulation of the principal protagonist is portrayed in his willingness to assent to the proposition that two and two make five.

  once he had denied objective reality, his mental conquest was complete and he was no longer truly the master of his own mind.

  nineteen eighty-four is in many ways, a very depressing read.. a charge commonly leveled at jehovah's witnesses is that the type of mind control envisioned by orwell has been and continues to be used on them.

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  I sometimes visit another "JW" site that is very unmoderated and I gotta say, I see a definite pattern in AIW's comments to a poster there.
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  What is your specialty dish?

  by serenitynow! in

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  pop tarts
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  What is the point of praying?

  by hoggieman in

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  hi, i dont post here too often, but i was reading the other post about why bad things happen, and i am curious for everyones thoughts on this: i have recently left about 9 months ago.

  at first i thought i was closer to god and was reading the bible more than ever.... praying asking for help, clarity, etc.....but after a while i started to ask myself why would god answer my messily little prayers when hundreds of thousands were dieing in haiti?

  the witness mindset that i remember was not to pray for things to happen, but for strength for yourself to do something.

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  I don't pray. It's like this, if my mother were to show up one day and assume that we would have a normal relationship and just pick up where things went wrong, without talking through all of the hurt and disappointment and abandonment, then the thing that started the relationship on the wrong path would never be settled. I would no more call her on the phone and pretend my feelings didn't matter than I would try talk to a silent god again.

  Yeah, it sounds like I've been drinking, but I haven't.
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  Bumper Sticker thread 2

  by millions now living are dead in

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  ok i got inspired by the other bumper sticker thread.

  i'm too lazy to figure out how to make the actual sticker but how about:.

  "i read the watchtower and awake for 25 years and all i got were these lousy issues!".

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  I brake for Smurfs.
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  The BEST way to deal with elders......to maybe even get them to 'think'

  by EndofMysteries in

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  those who leave because of conscious, want to serve god and see how so many things going against the scriptures vs lost faith in everything and not gonna bother trying to figure out what to do.

  ( i say this because those of the 2nd group, won't ever get w/ anyone who are 100% convinced in the truth and mental blocks are way up, any who don't believe anything, what they have to say is not even worth considering to them ).

  i truly am for conscience reasons, and am experiencing an enlightenment that i can't even describe or try to teach, one must just go through it to understand.

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  I'm sure the other JWs will thank you for your sacrifice Bane.
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  Know of a searchable NWT other than WT-CD or clone thereof?

  by blondie in

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  2. bible

  not the www.watchtower.org one, not searchable by word or phrase..

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  Doesn't the 2010 CD come with a mobile version, for PDAs? Is that searchable?

  Answered my own questions. It does and the ReadMe says it's searchable. Is that an option for you?
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  Has anyone ever ask a householder to keep their Bible study secret from their spouse?

  by wasblind in

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  i was told of one incident, where a pioneer said that she had trouble with one householders husband, because he was hiding the literature and did not want his wife to study with the jw's so she incouraged the householder to study in secrecy.. .

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  me too.
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  Has anyone ever ask a householder to keep their Bible study secret from their spouse?

  by wasblind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was told of one incident, where a pioneer said that she had trouble with one householders husband, because he was hiding the literature and did not want his wife to study with the jw's so she incouraged the householder to study in secrecy.. .

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  Can I post it now Mrsjones5? Can I, huh, can I?
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  Another Question for Debator, If I May...

  by AGuest in

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  and may you have peace!.

  i was wondering if you could explain for me, please, how it is that "armageddon" is supposed to occur "soon"... when, according to "the bible"... it doesn't occur until after the 1,000 years (which haven't even started, right?)...

  have ended?

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  I thought it was 1,000 years equals one day.
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  Bwahahahaha

  by Mythbuster in

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  i just saw something really funny!.

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